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Rand corporation confirms to cnn sony entertainments ceo michael linton talked to the think tank. lynton is on the board and asked how audiences might appreciate the movie. >> its not seen as particularly funny. >> reporter: keith henry thinks that may be the reason sonys not releasing "the interview" in japan or south korea and says dark comedy often gets lost in translation. henry says it threatens to rattle shaky relations between japan and north korea. henry says sony executives should have ...

Executives were increasingly uncomfortable about scenes from the movie. rand corporation confirms sony entertainment ceo consulted with the global think tank. y nton is on the board and asked a korean expert to analyze how asian audiences might perceive the movie. >> its not appreciated. its not well understood and certainly not seen as particularly funny. >> a long-time asian trat strategist thinks that may be why seenny is not releasing "the interview" in japan or south korea. he says dark com...

Im sitting next to aunt alice who i defriended. what do you do then, right? >> so has social media made it easier or more difficult? you could actually go to their facebook page and find out what their views might be before actually sitting down next to them, right? >> well, you certainly can, and i think one of the benefits of the old days before social media was that we didnt actually know everyones point of view on all of these topics, like "duck dynasty" or obamacare or same-sex marriage. so...

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Or a series of short stories published in the new yorker in 1939 and now we have it in theaters. i expect it to go big today. >> definitely one to check out. lets run through a list of some of the other ones that are getting a lot of buzz. "47 ronin" with keanu reeves. "the wolf of wall street," leonardo dicaprio. anything with sylvester stallone ill see. when you look at that list, what stands out? >> "the wolf of wall street" because its martin scoand leonardo. one of those films thats gritty,...

New york and thats led to flood warnings. so what can you expect for the rest of your holiday? dylan dreyer has the forecast. dylan? good morning, kristen. we are going to see much better weather as we head through the holidays here. weve got this cold front. thats the one that produced all the nasty weather all across the country this weekend with the ice, the snow, the record-high temperatures and everything else that we saw. but it is finally exiting the east coast and we will see some impr...

Weve heard him make this argument more broadly before, but hes calling out people and getting specific in this instance. >> well, not only is it context of justifying why he took the action he did, one of the things president obama said in his news conference when asked a question about edward snowden was whether he would grant asylum or do something on that. and president obama ended up saying that, you know, edward snowden still ended up breaking the law, that he wishes there had been another ...

Kind of an acknowledgment that other countries are probably doing the same to the united states, as everyone knows whoever seen a james bond movie or read one of those books, everybody seems to be psi spying on everybody. >> mark murray, thank you very much. >> thanks, kristen. christmas eve is all about the race to the finish, adding to that today, americans buying health insurance have just 16 hours to finish their applications if they want coverage by the first of the year. as the president...

Stops. discounts of 20%, 30%, 40%, and other retailers not just toys "r" us being open for so many hours but kmart, kohls, macys, some of their stores open for more than 100 consecutive hours over the last few days. so the retailers here, toys "r" us, hopes to see more shoppers stop by throughout the day. but as you saw and are seeing, richard, not a whole lot of shoppers here right now. back to you. >> reporter: you know, gabe, you can call me lui. ill call you gutierrez and well be even there....

Identity theft and all the problems involved with that isnt worth it to me. >> holiday shoppers angry about the target security breach, while disappointing new numbers are out about this shopping season. and -- >> yeah. yeah, yeah, yeah. >> make a lot of money. >> yeah. i do all right for myself. >> looks like a good one. lots of movies about to hit theaters tomorrow. which ones are worth watching? well break it all down for you. but we begin with the winter wallop. a developing story here o...